Comments

Comment by Dustemikkel

I think these are nice, considering they can be used as early as level 85, are quite cheap and require as little as 525 skill to make.

Comment by mergele

You can learn how to make these from the Engineering trainer once you reach 600 Engineering.

Comment by fosley

Unfortunately, 95% of the mats required to make this have nothing to do with engineering, so unless you have an alchemist, these probably aren't worth your time. In early mists, the price for the living steel was 8-10k, and even now in 5.2 you're looking at 3k or more. On the server with my engineer, I've never even seen living steel on the AH.

It's sad, because this really would have been neat to have, but by the time I could have afforded the mats, I had better gear. If you have money to burn on your main (or an alchemist), these could be a fun toy for your up-and-coming engineering alt, but otherwise you're probably better off just waiting for an LFR drop.

Comment by Fluclo

This recipe is only taught to Engineers of skill 600 and is a class that wears Cloth. This pattern is not taught to any other classes or those without Engineering at skill 600.

Comment by gbalkam

Yeah, so I gave fosley 2 down votes. Here is why... This is an item level 476 which is a raid quality item. The mats are 1 rivers heart (cheap and easy to get), 6 living steel (everybody gets these from alchemists) and 6 ghost iron bolts (3 bars of ghost iron) How is that hard to make or not worthwhile?

SO currently, as of this patch date....

I am level 86 so I can't actually use this item until 87. I have them made and in my bags. My engineer is an alt, on my main, i capped my valor for the week.

THEN I went to timeless isle on my 86 engineer, tapped the rares (evermaw, ghost ship, archie, etc) and collected 12,000 timeless coins, which I turned in for Deeds of Valor x4 (remember, the +50% bonus for being capped?) So in 2 bars, I will be an 87, wearing an ilev 484 raid quality item for 3 levels. YES, you can buy and use the Deeds of Valor below level 90,

Not only is this a really wickedly op item, it is, as far as I know, the only raid quality item usable pre 90. The highest I have seen is 471 (an upgraded 463 item from archeology)

Also... with 2 cogwheel and a meta socket... what gem in game will give you +600 stats in 2 sockets? As a destro lock.. 600 mastery and 600 crit (or whatever you like really) vs 360 intel? EASY choice. 600 mastery is crazy op at level 87.

*Mastery for a destro lock translates something like this.. IF you have 0 mastery and your chaos bolt hit for 100k then for each % of mastery, your CBs hit for an additional 1k. SO 50% mastery = a 150k chaos bolt. 100% mastery = 200k chaos bolt... * I know 100k for a chaos bolt is fairly weak, but I used that number to show how mastery % works in regards to additional dmg.